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M. R. KENYON, deod,

A. E. KENYON, administratrix.

BUTTON FASTENER.

No'. '244,998. Patented Aug. 2,1881.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA E. KENYON, (ADMINISTRATRIX OF MARTIN R. KENYON, DEGEASED,)

OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO UNION EYELET GOM- BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,998, dated August2, 1881. Application filed September 15,1880. (No model.)

To all whom a may concern:

Be it known that MARTIN It. KENYON, deceased, did invent anImprovementin Button- Fasteners, of which I, ANNA E. KENYON, ofProvidence, in the county of Providence and State of Ithode Island,administratrix of the estate of said MARTIN B. KENYON, deceased, declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanyin gdrawin gs,formin g a part of thisspecification in explaining its nature, in which- Figure-1 is a planetthe blank used in making the fastening. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe fastening. Fig. 3 is aseotion illustrating the use of the fastening.Fig. 4 is a plan of a blank having a solid seat.

This invention has for its object the following-describedbutton-fastener; and it is an improvement on the one described in PatentNo. 193,611, granted to said MARTIN R. KENYON, --dated July 31, 1877.

It consists in the metallic base or seat a, which may or may not haveits center removed, and the tongue I), which is a continuation of oneend of the seat or base, and which is curved over the seat or base, asshown, is provided with theloop c, and the portion f, which projectsbeyond the other end of the seat, and is adapted to be turned over uponthe under side of'the seat and clinched or hooked thereon.

To apply the fastener to the eye of the button, the eye is insertedthrough a hole cut in the material to which the button is to be secured.The tongue of the fastener is passed through the eye until the loopengages therewith, and the end of the tongue turned over and hooked uponor otherwise secured to the end of the seat or base.

By this construction a loop for receiving the eye of the button longenough to pass through the material is provided, and this is ofconsiderable advantage, as, in order to fit the base or seat of thefastening snugly to the material, it is desirable that the loop shouldpass through the material and lay hold of the eye of the button upon theoutside of the material, rather than that the eye of the button shouldpass through the hole and the loop be entirely upon the inside of thematerial; and the fastening is held in position with the base or seatsnugly against the side of the material much better when lheloop passesthrough the material and takes the eye of the button upon the outside.

Having thus fully described the invention of MARTIN R. KENYON, deceased,what I claim as his invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-- As an improved article of manufacture, abutton-fastening consisting of the flat base or .seat a, and the tongue1), extending from one end thereof, curved backwardly parallel with thebase or seat, and provided with the loop a, as represented, and with theportion f extending beyond the end of the seat, and adapted to be turnedover upon the under surface of the end of the base or seat, and hookedor clinched thereon, substantially as and for the purposes described.

ANNA ELIZABETH KEN YON Admtm'stratriw of the estate of Martin R. Kenyon,deceased.

Witnesses:

I. B. MATHEWSON, FRED. A. YOUNG.

